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| quote: | Originally posted by miamitrance04
considering that 99.9% of mutations are harmful i find it hard to believe that my eye was once a light receptor. I also find it hard to believe that we are glorified apes. Deep down what really gets in the way for people to believe in intelligent design is their own ego. |
I'd say that what really gets in teh way is a lack of scientific proof of intelligent design and a wealth of scientific data supporting evolution.
Conversely what i think really gets in the way of people accepting evolution is a narrow-minded approach to scripture which leads them to the belief that evolution somehow cuts God out of the process, together with a stubborn faith based purely on a set of a priori assumptions that have been drummed into them from childhood by their parents and community, and entirely devoid of any rational basis.
The point is that if you take the scientific, rational approach to the world then there does not currently exist a better hypothesis for the origin of species than the theory of evolution. If, you wish to take a fundamentalist religious aproach then scripture should only be interpreted literally and all else is herecy. But for goodness sake if you do take the latter approach don't try to bring science into it.
| quote: | | If intelligent design were somehow to be proven this would imply several consequences that most people would want to avoid. for example trying to understand who this "creator" is and why he created us? and why we are here/purpose. Most people would rather have a darwinian worldview/secular humanist point of view and believe that we are here randomly by the effect of thousands of mutations, have no inherent value or worth and our purpose of existence is only to further our species and survive oh and to seek pleasure. |
Philosophically a view of a divine creator is in fact the easier option to accept. It instantly (especially if backed by scripture of some form) provides a purpse to life that is beyond question, provides a concrete system of morality and the unique ability to decide what is right and what is wrong without any advertance to personal responsibility.
A far more difficult position for man, philosophically speaking, is to find himself alone, without a God or scripture by which to judge his actions. In a state of existential abandoment man can not follow a written guideline knowing that it is right path. Instead he has to consider the consequences of every action and choice he makes and decide for himself what the correct path is. If the religious right accepted that evolution is right and that scripture should notbe interpreted literally, they'd be forced to reckon with the freedom that God gave them, and have to finally take responsibility for their actions (a scary prospect for any fundamentalist). They could no longer point to the bible and say "this justifies all my actions".
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)... the guy's actually a qualified molecular biologist if you can believe it.
